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Aeolo-melodicon

Aeolo-melodicon compact reed organ designed by Prof. Hoffmann of Warsaw, built and patented in 1824 by Fidelis Brunner, also of Warsaw, in which metal tubes were affixed to the reeds. Crescendo could be obtained by more powerful working of the bellows. See also: choraleon (176). Sachs, Curt. Reallexikon der Musikinstrumente. Berlin, 1913.

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